Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot
The controversial player, who divides opinions within the circuit but continues to show results at the tables, ended the day with US$995,000 in profit and raised his accumulated winnings over the two days of broadcast to US$1,235,500. A number more than enough to calmly face the awaited Million Dollar Game, which will be held on June 12 in Las Vegas during the 2026 WSOP.
While Airball celebrated a perfect night, Alan Keating
Airball had started the session with a small loss against Keating, losing with a middle pair against two pairs. However, that was one of the few hands that slipped away from him all night. The key moment came in a gigantic pot of US$764,000 against Phong “Turbo” Nguyen
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This is how the million-dollar hand for Nik Airball happened
The action began with Airball opening to US$3,000 from UTG with A 7. Keating called from the small blind with Q 10 and Turbo defended the big blind with K 3. The flop was 4 7 A, strongly connecting both Airball and Turbo. After a US$15,000 bet from Keating and a call from Turbo, Airball raised to US$60,000 with two pair.
Turbo responded by pushing all in for US$369,000 with a flush draw and Airball called instantly. The turn and river did not change anything and the huge pot ended up going to the stack of the self-proclaimed “King of Los Angeles.”
With this result, Nik Airball reached US$2,523,085 in all-time winnings at Hustler Casino Live and surpassed Keating in the program’s all-time ranking. He now occupies second place on the list, only behind the vlogger Mariano Grandoli
Everything indicates that this leaderboard will move again soon. The upcoming Million Dollar Game promises to bring together several of the biggest figures in the history of Hustler Casino Live at a special table set up at Paris Las Vegas during the 2026 WSOP.
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